Legal Opinion
Lankford v. Ryder Truck Systems, Inc.
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided February 3, 1967No. Civ. A. No. 66-702PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUSSELL, District Judge.
The defendants, sued for injuries caused by the alleged negligence and recklessness of their “agent and servant, acting within the scope of his authority”, in operating the truck of the defendants, duly filed a third-party complaint under Rule 14, Rules of Civil Procedure, against their alleged agent as a third-party defendant. In such impleader, they prayed that, if any damages should be recovered against them “because of any acts or delicts on the part of Third-Party Defendant imputable to the defendants”, they have judgment by way of indemnification over against…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Johnson v. Atlantic Coast Line R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1927
- Glens Falls Indemnity Co. v. Atlantic Bldg. Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
- Ford Motor Co. v. Milby Ford Motor Co. v. MahoneCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
- Greenleaf v. Huntingdon & B. T. M. R. & Coal Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1942
- Goodhart v. United States Lines Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1960
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3Cited by4 opinions
- City of Elkhart v. MiddletonIndiana Supreme Court · 1976
- Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co. v. Coastal Distributing Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1967
- Beights v. W. R. Grace & Co.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1974
- In re Paris Air Crash of March 3, 1947District Court, C.D. California · 1975